Garment-loop



C. S. COMSTOCK, SR.

GARMENT LOOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17.12MB.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

M ii INVENTIOR WITNESSES:

1 area CLARK S. GOMSTOCK, SR., OF EAST ORANGE, NEVI JERSEY.

GARMENT-LOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug, 15, 1916.

Application filed March 17, 1916. Serial No. 84,834.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK S. GOMSTOCK, Sn, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing in East Orange, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvementsin GarmentLoops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment loops or the like, and aims to providecertain improvements therein.

Such garment loops are primarily intended to be carried at the end of asuspender strap, and are usually designed to engage a button upon thetrousers. They are largely used in the manufacture of overalls andsimilar cheap garments, and it is very desirable that they shall becapable of being manufactured as economically as possible' Such loopsare preferably made of a single piece of wire usually shaped to form abutton recess and a straprecess, the ends of the wires being connectedin some way to hold the parts of the loop together.

According to the present invention I provide a construction which may bemanufactured from a single piece of wire, and in which great rigidityand strength is secured with the use of comparatively small gage ofwire. According to this invention I may also secure a loop in which thebutton recess is capable of expansion to receive the head or shank ofdifferent sizes of buttons and retain the buttons securely in placewithout sacrificing either simplicity of construction or strength ofstructure.

The invention includes certain other features of improvementwhich willbe hereinafter more fully pointed out. Referring to the drawings whichillustrate several forms of the invention, Figure 1 is a front or faceview of a loop, embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line22 in Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aview similar to Fig. l ofaslightly modified construction. Fig. 5' is asection on the line 5-5 in Fig. i. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a still furthermodification.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, let A indi-- cate the loop as a wholewhich is shown in this figure as having a strap recess 13 and a buttonrecess C. In the construction illustrated the loop is shown ascompletely formed of a single piece of wire without the addition offerrules or other parts. An important feature of construction is thefastening of the ends of the wire to other parts of the structure bywhich strength and rigidity are secured with a small gage of '11'6.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the strap recess B is formedby an upper portion a and two lower portions 6 b. The button recess C isformed of two side portions (Z cl which join the portions Z) Z). Inthese figures the wire starts at a point c, then is extended to the leftto form the portion I), thence upwardly and to the right to form theportion a, thence downwardly and to the left to form the portion 7),then downwardly to form the portion d, and

' thence upwardly to form the portion (Z to a point The end 6 isfastened to the upper part of the portion (Z preferably by bending itdirectly around such portion, and the end 7 is connected to the portion6, preferably also by bending it around such portion. It will beobserved that by this construction both ends of the wires are connectedat what may be termed the neck of the loop, that is to say, that portionwhich approximately coincides with the juncture between the upper orstrap-receiving portion and the lower or button-receiving portion. Itwill also be observed that the ends are not. connected together in thesense that they are looped around each other, but that on the contraryeach loop is connected to what may be called a part of the body of thewire. The result is that between the two upper portions of thebutton-receiving por tion there is across piece of wire indicated atwhich serves to connect the two parts of the button-receiving portionand the two parts of the strap-receivingportion. In the construction ofFigs. 1 to 3 this practically forms a closed strap-receiving portion anda closed buttonreceiving portion, and if the ends of the wire aretightly clamped in place, as is shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a construction ofgreat rigidity is formed. This enables me to use a much finer wire thanis now customary and still secure a more rigid and strong constructionthan has heretofore been possible. The result is a very con siderablesaving in the cost of manufacture, and the production of a loop which isof great strength and durability. It is preferable to form a shoulder hon the inner end of the portion 6 which shoulder provides a stop againstwhich the loop f may rest, so as to prevent any possibility of aseparation of the portions d d.

In the construction of Figs. 1 to 3 the button-receiving recess G ispreferably large enough to take in any sized button which the loop isintended to engage, and it is preferable to form a shank recess D inwhich the button is finally received, the recess being slightlyconstricted above it, as shown at E.

The invention is applicable with but little modification to varioustypes of spring loop construction, some of which are shown in thedrawings.

In Figs. 4 to 6 the total width of the button-receiving recess C is lessthan the extreme diameter of the button which it is to engage. Theresult of this construction is that in order to engage a button one orthe other of the sides (Z 6Z must spring outwardly as the button isforced in between them. This outward spring is usually just sutficienttopermit the button to pass into the recess, and when the side springsback, the recess is again contracted, so as to prevent accidentaldisengagement of the loop. According to the present invention this iseasily secured by forming the eye f so that it does not tightly bind theportion 9, but is capable of sliding along the latter to a limitedextent. Preferably a stop portion 71, is formed to prevent unduemovement of the side whereby the latter cannot be strained beyond itselastic limit.

In Fig. 7 the invention is shown as applied to a type of spring loop inwhich the button-receiving recess C is sufficiently large to enable itto pass over a button without being expanded, but the throat portion Eleading to the recess D is constricted so that the button shank cannotpass through it unless it is enlarged. This enlargement takes place whenthe button is forced through the threat by springing out of one of theside members d (F. This is provided for in the present construction bygiving the eye f the same capacity of sliding along the portion 9 as isshown in Fig. 4:. Pref erably, however, the portion g is made longerthan in Fig. 4 in order to produce a more symmetrical and efficientstructure.

cheap and strong structure is obtained.

Even with the sliding connection shown in Figs. 4; to 7 it is almostimpossible for the loop to be distorted out of shape by any strain towhich it is put in use.

' lVhile I have shown and described several forms of the invention, itwill be under stood that I do not wish to be limited thereto, sincevarious changes can be made therein without departingfrom the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A garment loop having a strap-receiving portion comprising an upperbar around which the strap passes, and a lower portion lying below thefirst and extending substantially across the loop, and abutton-receiving portion, said garment loop being formed of a singlepiece of wire, the ends of which are connected at the j uncture of suchlower portion and button-receiving portions.

2. A garment loop having a strap-receiving recess and a button-receivingrecess, said garment loop being formed of a single piece of wire andsaid wire passing completely across the bottom of the strap-receivingrecess and the top of the button-receiving recess, and permanentlyseparating the two.

3. A garment loophaving a strap-receiving recess and a button-receivingrecess, said garment loop being formed of a single piece of wire, andeach of said recesses being permanently closed by said wire. 7

4. A garment loop having a strap-receiv ing recess and abutton-receiving recess, said garment loop being formed of a singlepiece of wire, and an end of said wire passing across the bottom of saidstrap-receiving recess and the top of said button receiving recess, andpermanently separating the two.

5. A garment loop formed of a single piece of wire into a strapreceiving recess and a permanently separate button-receiving recess, andone end of said wirepassing across the top of said button-receivingrecess and looped around the body of the wire, and the other end of saidwire being connected to the body of the wire near the first end.

6. garment loop comprising a strapreceivlng recess and abutton-receiving recess, said loop being formed of a single piece ofwire, one end of which is carried across the point of juncture betweenthe two recesses and is secured to the body of the loop to form apermanent separation between the two recesses, and the other end ofwhich is seccpred to the body of the loop near the first en 7. A wiregarment loop having a strap receiving recess and a button-receivingrecess, the Wire at one side of the buttonreceiving recess having aneye, and said 100p having a portion extending across the top of thebutton-receiving recess t0 permanently separate it from thestrap-receiving recess to form a guide for said eye.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

CLARK S. GOMSTOCK, SR.

W'itnesses:

RALPH M. BURCH, JOSEPH A. HUBBARD.

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